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Brazil Goes After Twitter Users Over Speed Trap Warnings
Brazil’s attorney general has filed an injunction to suspend the Twitter accounts of users who tweet out warnings about the timing and location of speed traps and traffic checkpoints. If the injunction is granted, Twitter users who violate it could …
PlayStation Network Becomes Sony Entertainment Network
Today, Playstation Network members who attempt to sign in to their account will be prompted with a new Terms of Service Agreement and a new privacy policy as their accounts will now be renamed a Sony Entertainment Network account. SEN …
Symantec Confirms Extortion Attempt
Hackers using the Twitter Handle @YamaTouigh have been tweeting about Symantec and its Norton antivirus product throughout January claiming that they will be releasing the source codes for the security product. Earlier this week Symantec confirmed that they have been …
Marketing With Video: Recommendations Make A Huge Difference
Unruly Media put out a new report looking at the impact of social video recommendations on traditional brand metrics such as brand recall, brand favorability, purchase intent and brand association. Keep in mind that this is the firm behind such …
Before and After Pics in Advertising – Exposed! [Video]
Lots of products out there are promoted through the use of before and after pictures. Food supplements, diet programs, hair restoration, etc. There has long been a question of whether these photos were legit. Is she pregnant in that Before …
Amazing Spider-Man Trailer Looks A Might Darker Than Previous Versions
While you were asleep last night, Sony went into tooth fairy mode and snuck a little surprise under your pillow: a new trailer for the upcoming Amazing Spider-man. Have a look-see. At first glance, the trailer appears to be darker …
Students Missing Out On Jobs Due To Poor Info
With unemployment numbers sitting where they are, you would think that schools and universities would be doing all they can to help place students into jobs upon graduation. But, despite having the skills employers want, nearly half of young people …
Facebook Expands Testing Of New Photo Viewer
Late last week we brought you news that Facebook was testing a new photo viewer that looked an awful lot like the one found in Google+. Now it looks like Facebook is beginning to roll out the new look for …
What a Successful Business Card Looks Like [Infographic]
BusinessCardsOnline.Com has compiled some very useful information about cards into an infographic. There are several really good tips on design and function of cards. For example, did you know that people will keep a color business card ten times longer …
Facebook Slow To Load For Many Users
Facebook appears to be loading slow for many users this morning. Here in our office, we experienced various levels of slow downs. Sometimes the news feed would fail to load completely, other times pages would fail to load. And when …
Cinnamon Challenge? Take the Chili Challenge! [Video]
Enough with the Cinnamon Challenge. I mean, it’s alright for getting girls to totally lose their composure at parties, but where’s the modern-day equivalent for men? In days of yore, manhood was proven through feats of strength – carrying boulders, …
The Will Ferrell Super Bowl Commercial You Didn’t See [VIDEO]
Whatever you think and feel about the Super Bowl and the highly commercialized cult of consumerism that permeates every vein and pore of the event, you can’t really deny this: Will Ferrell had an awesome spot in that Old Milwaukee …
The Two Tom Greens On Twitter
Really, Tom Green? Does this guy even have a career anymore? I haven’t heard his name since he did that lame college movie (Road Trip I think, actually very funny) where he was eating a snake, or whatever. Apparently he’s …
Racist Super Bowl Commercial Lands Michigan Politician In Hot Water
It appears that M.I.A.’s middle finger wasn’t the most offensive thing to happen during Sunday night’s Super Bowl. During a Super Bowl where the ads failed to impress (for the most part), one regional commercial is sparking claims of blatant …
Google Solve For X Event: The Presentations [Videos]
It was discovered that Google quietly hosted an event last week called “Solve For X” where smart people gathered to discuss technology and solutions for real world problems. One particularly interesting element to the story was that Richard DeVaul, of …
Initial Windows 8 Games Revealed
It’s easy to forget that the Windows 8 consumer preview is going to be more than just a beta. Microsoft even has some games on tap to be available day one when the “beta” goes live. The Verge got the …
Vandals Deface Cleric’s Website Over Google, Facebook Complaints
Hackers have defaced the website of the Muslim cleric who petitioned the government of India concerning “objectionable” content on Facebook, Google, and other search and social networking sites. The website, FatwaOnline, is sponsored by the Islamic Peace Foundation of India …
Google Supports Student Veterans With New Scholarship
For the men and women who have served in the military, Google wants to say thanks in the form of university scholarships aimed at assisting veterans who wish to pursue a career in computer science or related field. Partnered with …
70 Groups Send Open Letter To Congress Regarding SOPA/PIPA
SOPA and PIPA may have been shelved, but the groups involved with initial protest feel that the threat is far from over. Seventy groups, most of them involved with the blackout protests from a few weeks back, have sent an …
Charles Dickens Google Doodle Celebrates The Author’s 200th Birthday
Today’s Google Doodle represents one of the Victorian period’s finest novelists with a beautiful representation of some of his best-known characters. Charles Dickens would have been 200 years old today. Admittedly a bit stunted on my Dickensian knowledge, I had …
Brazil’s attorney general has filed an injunction to suspend the Twitter accounts of users who tweet out warnings about the timing and location of speed traps and traffic checkpoints. If the injunction is granted, Twitter users who violate it could …
PlayStation Network Becomes Sony Entertainment Network
Today, Playstation Network members who attempt to sign in to their account will be prompted with a new Terms of Service Agreement and a new privacy policy as their accounts will now be renamed a Sony Entertainment Network account. SEN …
Symantec Confirms Extortion Attempt
Hackers using the Twitter Handle @YamaTouigh have been tweeting about Symantec and its Norton antivirus product throughout January claiming that they will be releasing the source codes for the security product. Earlier this week Symantec confirmed that they have been …
Marketing With Video: Recommendations Make A Huge Difference
Unruly Media put out a new report looking at the impact of social video recommendations on traditional brand metrics such as brand recall, brand favorability, purchase intent and brand association. Keep in mind that this is the firm behind such …
Before and After Pics in Advertising – Exposed! [Video]
Lots of products out there are promoted through the use of before and after pictures. Food supplements, diet programs, hair restoration, etc. There has long been a question of whether these photos were legit. Is she pregnant in that Before …
Amazing Spider-Man Trailer Looks A Might Darker Than Previous Versions
While you were asleep last night, Sony went into tooth fairy mode and snuck a little surprise under your pillow: a new trailer for the upcoming Amazing Spider-man. Have a look-see. At first glance, the trailer appears to be darker …
Students Missing Out On Jobs Due To Poor Info
With unemployment numbers sitting where they are, you would think that schools and universities would be doing all they can to help place students into jobs upon graduation. But, despite having the skills employers want, nearly half of young people …
Facebook Expands Testing Of New Photo Viewer
Late last week we brought you news that Facebook was testing a new photo viewer that looked an awful lot like the one found in Google+. Now it looks like Facebook is beginning to roll out the new look for …
What a Successful Business Card Looks Like [Infographic]
BusinessCardsOnline.Com has compiled some very useful information about cards into an infographic. There are several really good tips on design and function of cards. For example, did you know that people will keep a color business card ten times longer …
Facebook Slow To Load For Many Users
Facebook appears to be loading slow for many users this morning. Here in our office, we experienced various levels of slow downs. Sometimes the news feed would fail to load completely, other times pages would fail to load. And when …
Cinnamon Challenge? Take the Chili Challenge! [Video]
Enough with the Cinnamon Challenge. I mean, it’s alright for getting girls to totally lose their composure at parties, but where’s the modern-day equivalent for men? In days of yore, manhood was proven through feats of strength – carrying boulders, …
The Will Ferrell Super Bowl Commercial You Didn’t See [VIDEO]
Whatever you think and feel about the Super Bowl and the highly commercialized cult of consumerism that permeates every vein and pore of the event, you can’t really deny this: Will Ferrell had an awesome spot in that Old Milwaukee …
The Two Tom Greens On Twitter
Really, Tom Green? Does this guy even have a career anymore? I haven’t heard his name since he did that lame college movie (Road Trip I think, actually very funny) where he was eating a snake, or whatever. Apparently he’s …
Racist Super Bowl Commercial Lands Michigan Politician In Hot Water
It appears that M.I.A.’s middle finger wasn’t the most offensive thing to happen during Sunday night’s Super Bowl. During a Super Bowl where the ads failed to impress (for the most part), one regional commercial is sparking claims of blatant …
Google Solve For X Event: The Presentations [Videos]
It was discovered that Google quietly hosted an event last week called “Solve For X” where smart people gathered to discuss technology and solutions for real world problems. One particularly interesting element to the story was that Richard DeVaul, of …
Initial Windows 8 Games Revealed
It’s easy to forget that the Windows 8 consumer preview is going to be more than just a beta. Microsoft even has some games on tap to be available day one when the “beta” goes live. The Verge got the …
Vandals Deface Cleric’s Website Over Google, Facebook Complaints
Hackers have defaced the website of the Muslim cleric who petitioned the government of India concerning “objectionable” content on Facebook, Google, and other search and social networking sites. The website, FatwaOnline, is sponsored by the Islamic Peace Foundation of India …
Google Supports Student Veterans With New Scholarship
For the men and women who have served in the military, Google wants to say thanks in the form of university scholarships aimed at assisting veterans who wish to pursue a career in computer science or related field. Partnered with …
70 Groups Send Open Letter To Congress Regarding SOPA/PIPA
SOPA and PIPA may have been shelved, but the groups involved with initial protest feel that the threat is far from over. Seventy groups, most of them involved with the blackout protests from a few weeks back, have sent an …
Charles Dickens Google Doodle Celebrates The Author’s 200th Birthday
Today’s Google Doodle represents one of the Victorian period’s finest novelists with a beautiful representation of some of his best-known characters. Charles Dickens would have been 200 years old today. Admittedly a bit stunted on my Dickensian knowledge, I had …
